Photo courtesy Coconino Community College.
FLAGSTAFF — Coconino Community College will present the Free Comet Talk “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, and the Battle for the Soul of America, from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 at CCC Fourth Street Campus, 3000 N. Fourth St., Flagstaff.
Zoom link available for those unable to attend in person
On a cool November day in 1912, two teams squared off at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. The West Point cadets were led by their star linebacker (and future president) Dwight Eisenhower. The Native American athletes from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, PA were led by the incomparable Jim Thorpe, then widely regarded as the greatest athlete in the world. What happened that day would become the stuff of legend!
Comet Talks are free and open to the public.